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Spotlight on 5 Kent State University’s 2021 fashion graduates

For the second year, the Fashion School of Kent State University has been unable to hold its Portfolio Showcase event in NYC where invited members of industry, particularly those hiring, get to view a selection of work and meet the graduating designers. Instead the school has released its second Digital Showcase Magazine and, while the school...

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Kent State University student wins top award at FSF gala

Fashion Scholarship Fund, now in its 83rd year, delivers one million dollars in scholarship funding annually, and while the gala this year celebrated Rent The Runway and Centric Brands among others, as always it shone the spotlight on students from some of the nation’s top fashion programs. Rebranded last year, and now without the YMA in front...

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The educational edge of fashion schools with onsite museums

A top spot on school rankings lists, qualified faculty, study abroad opportunities, a high graduate employment rate, are all by now goals of the modern prestigious fashion school. But scattered throughout the country are institutions with an extra attribute, a little-mentioned jewel in their crown. These bastians of learning can boast of an...

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Kent State’s NYC graduate fashion portfolio event 2019

New York City is the nexus of the U.S. fashion industry which might be problematic if you have just graduated from a top fashion school that happens to be located in Northeast Ohio and are looking to network. Not a concern for 30 of Kent State University’s design grads and 15 from its merchandising program who exhibited at the portfolio showcase...

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Behind Kent State University’s 45 million dollar Design Innovation Hub

J.R. Campbell, the former director of the Fashion School at Kent State University, which is rated number four in the country within a university which is recognized as an Ohio Center of Excellence, has a new project. If you build it they will come, goes the adage, and in this spirit a 44.5 million dollar renovation project of a 68,000 sq ft...

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Are graduate fashion shows really still relevant?

The tectonic plates of the fashion industry have shifted radically over the past five years, the status quo disrupted by see-now-buy-now, the demand for inclusivity, environmentalism, and labor abuse scandals. Graduate fashion shows, those glamorous finales to the hard slog of completing BFA and MFA programs, which are covered enthusiastically...